Grade 6 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

serv (Latin) “to save, to keep”

strict (Latin) “to bind”

solut (Latin) “to loosen; to solve”

lib, liv (Latin) “free”

Unit 6 Word List: preservation, conservative, observant, constrict, restriction, solution, absolute, deliverance, liberate, liberal

The Latin and Greek Unit 6 Quiz is Friday, October 24. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Holes, focusing on chapters 34-42 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, answer comprehension questions, make predictions, “think back” to determine significance, practice a long response that supports student opinion, continue to understand story elements, and participate in class discussions. 

We will be taking our character trait project into phase 2 this week studying character feelings and actions. The character feeling and actions pages are due Friday, October 24th.

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a mystery/suspense title at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Mystery/Suspense Reading Logs are due Monday, October 27th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady lesson is due Friday, October 24th.

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

curs, course (Latin) “to run”

celer (Latin) “fast, swift, quick”

vola (Latin) “to fly”

mov (Latin) “to move”

fug (Latin) “to flee”

Unit 6 Word List: excursion, discourse, accelerated, volatile, immovable, mobile, demote, fugitive, refuge, subterfuge

The Latin and Greek Unit 6 Quiz is Friday, October 24. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Touching Spirit Bear reading chapters 20-23. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, predict, explain, make text-to-self connections, describe character traits, summarize, participate in class discussions, answer comprehension questions, and continue to understand story elements. A quiz on chapters 18-23 is planned for Friday, October 24th. 

We will be taking our character trait project into phase 2 this week studying character feelings and actions. The character feeling and actions pages are due Friday, October 24th.

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a mystery/suspense title at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Mystery/Suspense Reading Logs are due Monday, October 27th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady lesson is due Friday, October 24th.

Grade 8 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

cant, chant (Latin) “to sing; to call”

aud (Latin) “to hear”

son (Latin) “to sound”

Log (Latin) “to speak; to reason”

Unit 6 Word List: recant, incantation, disenchanted, inaudible, auditory, audit, dissonance, assonance, resonant, analogous, dialogue, prologue

The Latin and Greek Unit 6 Quiz is Friday, October 24. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Prisoner B-3087, working on chapters 23-26. Throughout these chapters, students will make predictions, learn and implement annotations into the book, practice similes using the text, focus on new vocabulary, use context clues, discuss and understand story elements, describe character traits, and answer comprehension questions. A quiz on chapters 21-26 is planned for Friday, October 24th. 

We will be taking our character trait project into phase 2 this week studying character feelings and actions. The character feeling and actions pages are due Friday, October 24th.

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 60 minutes of a mystery/suspense title at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The Mystery/Suspense Reading Logs are due Monday, October 27th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady lesson is due Friday, October 24th.

Grade 6 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - This week we will continue working on our Unit 5 roots and vocabulary words. Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

jac, ject (Latin) “to throw, to hurl”

ball, bol, bl (Greek) “to throw”

pass (Latin) “to spread out” and “a step”

pend, pens (Latin) “to hang; to weigh”

Unit 5 Word List: adjacent, subject, projectile, ballistic, parable, symbolize, encompass, passable, appendix, dispense, suspend

The Latin and Greek Unit 5 Quiz is Wednesday, October 15. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Holes, focusing on chapters 31-36 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, answer comprehension questions, find problems in the story, use “thought bubbles”, infer, predict, continue to understand story elements, and participate in class discussions. A quiz on chapters 21-32 is planned for Tuesday, October 14.

Students will also be working on a character trait project this week where they will infer character traits through dialogue. Also, students will go back through their novel on chapters read so far and pull text evidence about external (outside traits - physical appearance) and internal (inside traits - thoughts, feelings, dialogue, and actions) traits about a main character of their choice. The character trait packet will be due on Wednesday, October 15th. 

Weekly Reading Log - It is time for some SPOOKY, MYSTERIOUS, and SUSPENSEFUL books! We visited the library last week to find amazing titles in this genre. Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a mystery/suspense title at home and complete three detailed responses on the back of the Reading Logs. The Mystery/Suspense Reading Logs are due Monday, October 20th with parent signatures. Students will continue reading their selections of mystery/suspense titles for the remainder of October. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path. Their iReady lesson is due Friday, October 17th. Students are allowed to work on iReady from home if their lesson is not completed in school Monday-Wednesday. 

 

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - This week we will continue working on our Unit 5 roots and vocabulary words. Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

hum (Latin) “ground, earth”

stell (Latin) “star”

astr (Greek) “star”

neb, nimb (Latin) “cloud”

celes (Latin) “sky”

terr (Latin) “earth, ground”

Unit 5 Word List: humility, exhume, stellar, astronomical, nebulous, nimbus, celestial, terrestrial, inter, subterranean

The Latin and Greek Unit 5 Quiz is Wednesday, October 15. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Touching Spirit Bear reading chapters 19-20. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, predict, explain, answer comprehension questions, infer, compare and contrast, describe character traits and setting details, summarize, participate in class discussions, and continue to understand story elements. 

Students will also be working on a character trait project this week where they will infer character traits through dialogue. Also, students will go back through their novel on chapters read so far and pull text evidence about external (outside traits - physical appearance) and internal (inside traits - thoughts, feelings, dialogue, and actions) traits about a main character of their choice. The character trait packet will be due on Wednesday, October 15th. 

Weekly Reading Log - It is time for some SPOOKY, MYSTERIOUS, and SUSPENSEFUL books! We visited the library last week to find amazing titles in this genre. Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a mystery/suspense title at home and complete three detailed responses on the back of the Reading Logs. The Mystery/Suspense Reading Logs are due Monday, October 20th with parent signatures. Students will continue reading their selections of mystery/suspense titles for the remainder of October. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path. Their iReady lesson is due Friday, October 17th. Students are allowed to work on iReady from home if their lesson is not completed in school Monday-Wednesday. 

 

Grade 8 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - This week we will continue working on our Unit 5 roots and vocabulary words. Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

lega (Latin) “to appoint; to send on a mission; to charge with”

act, ag (Latin) “to do, to act”

puls, pel (Latin) “to push”

lat (Latin) “brought; carried”

Unit 5 Word List: legacy, delegate, agenda, proactive, exacting, repulsion, dispel, propel, relative, superlative, dilate

The Latin and Greek Unit 5 Quiz is Wednesday, October 15. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice games and tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Prisoner B-3087, working on chapters 21 and 22 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will make predictions, learn and implement annotations into the book, focus on new vocabulary, use context clues, discuss story elements, describe character traits, and answer comprehension questions. 

Students will also be working on a character trait project this week where they will infer character traits through dialogue. Also, students will go back through their novel on chapters read so far and pull text evidence about external (outside traits - physical appearance) and internal (inside traits - thoughts, feelings, dialogue, and actions) traits about a main character of their choice. The character trait packet will be due on Wednesday, October 15th. 

Weekly Reading Log -  Students will read a minimum of 60 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete three detailed responses (with complete sentences) on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, October 13th with a parent signature. 

On Thursday, both 8th grade classes will spend some time at the library for a mystery/suspense introduction and have the opportunity to check out a book in this genre. Students will then be introduced to a revamped Mystery/Suspense Reading Log for the remaining weeks of October. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path. Their iReady lesson is due Friday. 

Grade 6 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - We will be taking a break with our Latin & Greek due to another short week and Camp Duncan on Thursday. In class, we will be reviewing Units 1-4 roots and vocabulary words. 

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Holes, finishing reviewing chapters 19-21 from last week and focusing on chapters 22-30 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, answer comprehension questions, make a text to self connection, focus on an agreement-effect relationship, find a cause, draw conclusions, complete a Venn diagram, continue to understand story elements, and participate in class discussions.

Students received their first project for Holes last week. Students are to represent the setting of the book by creating an advertisement of Camp Green Lake with a canteen design OR design a T-Shirt. This project is due on Wednesday, October 1st before the 6th graders depart to their very own adventure to Camp Duncan! 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete three detailed responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, October 6th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path. Their iReady lesson is due Thursday. 

Camp Duncan is Thursday, October 2nd! 

Don’t forget, no school October 3rd!

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - We will be taking a break with our Latin & Greek due to another short week. In class, we will be reviewing Units 1-4 roots and vocabulary words. 

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Touching Spirit Bear focusing on chapters 13-16 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, answer comprehension questions, infer, make a text to self connection, describe character traits and setting details, summarize, participate in class discussions, and continue to understand story elements.

Last week, students received a project for Touching Spirit Bear. Students will look back through chapters 1-13 and pull out six setting descriptions. Students will then choose a setting to illustrate using descriptive details from the book. This project will be due on Thursday, October 2nd. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete three detailed responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, October 6th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path. Their iReady lesson is due Thursday. 

Don’t forget, no school October 3rd!

Grade 8 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - We will be taking a break with our Latin & Greek due to another short week. In class, we will be reviewing Units 1-4 roots and vocabulary words. 

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Prisoner B-3087, focusing on chapters 14-18 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will make predictions, learn and implement annotations into the book, focus on new vocabulary, use context clues, infer, discuss story elements, describe character traits, study author description, and answer comprehension questions. 

Last week, students received a project for Prisoner B-3087. Students will look back through chapters 1-14 and pull out six setting descriptions. Students will then choose a setting to illustrate using descriptive details from the book. This project will be due on Thursday, October 2nd. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 60 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete three detailed responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, October 6th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path. Their iReady lesson is due Thursday. 

Don’t forget, no school October 3rd!

Grade 6 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

reg, reig (Latin) “king”

vict (Latin) “to conquer”

poss, pot (Latin) “powerful” and “to be able”

dom (Latin) “ro rule” or “house”

Unit 4 Word List: regal, reign, regicide, conflict, victorious, evict, possessive, potent, omnipotent, domestic, dominate, dominion, domicile

The Unit 4 Quiz is THURSDAY. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Holes, finishing up chapters 14 and 15 from last week and focusing on chapters 16-21. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, answer comprehension questions, infer, determine cause/effect relationship, make a text-to-self connection, continue to understand story elements, and participate in class discussions. A quiz on Chapters 9-20 is planned for Thursday. 

Also, students will be receiving their first project for Holes this week. Students are to represent the setting of the book by creating an advertisement of Camp Green Lake with a canteen design OR design a T-Shirt. This project is due on Wednesday, October 1st before the 6th graders depart to their very own adventure… Camp Duncan! 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete three detailed responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, September 29th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path. Their iReady lesson is due Thursday. 

Don’t forget! No school Friday, September 26th.

Camp Duncan is Thursday, October 2nd! There will be no Latin and Greek next week, as we will only be in class for three days.

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

sanct (Latin) “holy”

dei (Latin) “god”

the (Greek) “god”

cast, chast (Latin) “pure”

Unit 4 Word List: sanctum, sanctify, sanctions, sanctuary, deity, deify, pantheon, polytheistic, monotheism, castigate, chastened, chastise

The Unit 4 Quiz is THURSDAY. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Touching Spirit Bear, finishing chapters 10-12 from last week and focusing on chapters 13-14. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, answer comprehension questions, describe character traits, summarize, participate in class discussions, and continue to understand story elements. A quiz for chapters 6-11 is planned for Thursday. 

Also, on Thursday, students will be receiving a project for Touching Spirit Bear. Students will look back through chapters 1-13 and pull out six setting descriptions. Students will then choose one setting description to illustrate. This project will be due on Thursday, October 2nd. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete three detailed responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, September 29th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path. Their iReady lesson is due Thursday. 

Don’t forget! No school Friday, September 26th.

Grade 8 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

form (Latin) “to form, to establish”

apt, ept (Latin) “to fit”

pos, pon (Latin) “to put, to place”

fig (Latin) “to shape”

Unit 4 Word List: misinformation, reform, formative, inept, adept, aptitude, posit, impose, disposition, figment, effigy, prefigure

The Unit 4 Quiz is THURSDAY. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Prisoner B-3087, finishing chapters 10 and 11 from last week and continuing on to chapters 12-14 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will make predictions, learn and implement annotations into the book, focus on new vocabulary, use context clues, infer, discuss story elements, describe character traits, study author description, and answer comprehension questions. A quiz is planned for Thursday on Chapters 8-14. 

Also, on Thursday, students will be receiving a project for Prisoner B-3087. Students will look back through chapters 1-14 and pull out six setting descriptions. Students will then choose one setting description to illustrate. This project will be due on Thursday, October 2nd. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 60 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete three detailed responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, September 29th with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path. Their iReady lesson is due Thursday. 

Don’t forget! No school Friday, September 26th.

Grade 6 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

cap, capt, cip (Latin) “to seize, to take, to get”

prehend (Latin) “to seize, to grasp, to take”

sum, sumpt (Latin) “to take, to use up, to buy”

rapt, rap (Latin) “to seize”

Unit 3 Word List: capacity, captivate, recipient, apprehend, comprehend, assumption, consume, presumptuous, sumptuous, rapture, rapidity

The Unit 3 Quiz is Friday.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Holes, focusing on chapters 10-15. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, answer comprehension questions, predict, determine cause/effect, describe character traits, draw conclusions, continue to understand story elements, and participate in class discussions. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete the responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, September 22nd with a parent signature. 

Library This Week - Middle School will receive an overview of how to use Alexandria (Library Catalog) to search library materials available to St. Joe students. Students will have time to check out materials and brainstorm possible books, book series, or book characters for the Annual Cook Memorial Bookmark Contest!

I look forward to seeing you at Curriculum Night, Thursday, September 18th at 6pm!

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

cept, cip, ceive (Latin) “to take, to seize”

hab, hib (Latin) “to have, to hold” and “to have a home, to dwell”

dit (Latin) “to give”

don (Latin) “to give” and “gift”

Unit 3 Word List: intercept, participant, conceive, deceptive, exceptional, anticipate, cohabitation, exhibit, editorial, nontraditional, donor, condone

The Unit 3 Quiz is Friday.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Touching Spirit Bear, focusing on Chapters 9-12. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary, use context clues, answer comprehension questions, describe character traits, summarize, participate in class discussions, and continue to understand story elements. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete the responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, September 22nd with a parent signature. 

Library This Week - Middle School will receive an overview of how to use Alexandria (Library Catalog) to search library materials available to St. Joe students. Students will have time to check out materials and brainstorm possible books, book series, or book characters for the Annual Cook Memorial Bookmark Contest!

I look forward to seeing you at Curriculum Night, Thursday, September 18th at 6pm!

Grade 8 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

hib, hab (Latin) “to have, to hold”

fus,found  (Latin) “to pour out”

ten, tain, tin (Latin) “to hold”

ple (Latin) “to fill”

Unit 3 Word List: prohibit, inhibit, suffuse, confound, infuse, sustain, abstain, tenacious, retinue, replete, implement, deplete

The Unit 3 Quiz is Friday.

Class Novel - Students will continue their class novel, Prisoner B-3087, focusing on chapters 8-11. Throughout these chapters, students will make predictions, learn and implement annotations into the book, focus on new vocabulary, use context clues, infer, discuss story elements, describe character traits, make text to self connections, and answer comprehension questions.

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 60 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete their Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, September 22nd with a parent signature. 

Library This Week - Middle School will receive an overview of how to use Alexandria (Library Catalog) to search library materials available to St. Joe students. Students will have time to check out materials and brainstorm possible books, book series, or book characters for the Annual Cook Memorial Bookmark Contest!

I look forward to seeing you at Curriculum Night, Thursday, September 18th at 6pm!

Due to our iReady testing schedule Wednesday through Friday, we will be continuing working on a narrative nonfiction article Monday and Tuesday about how a teen made it through the disaster of Hurricane Helene and came out stronger. The article is titled After the Flood in our Scholastic Scope Magazine. On Friday, classes completed a vocabulary discussion and an article preview. We read and discussed the article as well as revisited the vocabulary in context. This week we will dive a little deeper into the article to work on exploring text features, key ideas and details, and summarizing.

 

iReady Reading Diagnostic Testing will begin on Wednesday, August 27th. We will also be testing Thursday, and use Friday as needed. Please stress the importance of this diagnostic test with your child as the results will help me as their teacher plan effective lessons moving forward this school year based on their academic needs. Please note there will be no homework this week as I would like each student as prepared for the diagnostic testing as possible. Some free choice reading at home is always encouraged, however!  Also, please make sure your child comes to school with a charged Chromebook, a good night's sleep, and a healthy breakfast. Thank you very much for your support. 

 

After the holiday weekend, we will be full swing into our grade level Latin and Greek vocabulary lessons, a weekly reading log, daily comprehension and context clues activities, and our class novels. Stay tuned for more information!

 

- Reading Procedure Sheets were distributed to the students on Friday. Please read them over, sign, and return on Monday. This will be the first homework grade (easy points)! If you need an extra copy, it was posted on Google Classroom and is also linked to this webpage. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

 

- Don't forget to have your child bring a Chromebook compatible pair of ear buds to place in their case for daily use.

 

- Please join us for All School Mass this Tuesday, August 26th at 8:30am.

 

- The Spirit Run is coming up Friday, September 19th! More information to come!

 

I hope your child is off to an amazing start of the school year! We had a great first week in reading class! I am very excited for what is to come in Room 9 and the endless possibilities of your children!